In Win Dragon Rider Full Tower Case Review

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[dqrp6435]

"made in china"

well... not buying this case...

[mostamazingmatt]

For 4 way SLI, it needs the space of 10 slots, which this case has. There are 9 actual slots and you will notice beneath the 9th slot there is ample clearance for the bottom half of the card. Although if it contains plugs they will not be usuable.

[JesseFK]

Also, this case doesn't like big heat sinks. I have the Prolimatech Megahalems Rev.B CPU Cooler, I had to modify where the 240mm fan was. I had to move it to the very right bottom corner at a 45 degree angle and screw in the fan though the grate instead of the supplied holes. I also had to use some of the rubber washers supplied on the mesh between the fan and the mesh so the fan wouldn't hit the indented holes. Other than that it was a great case.

[JesseFK]

I go this case for my Maximus IV Extreme motherboard. The CPU location with the LGA1155 kind of moved to the middle of the board making the cutout for the back plate in the wrong location. This isn't really In Win's fault, Intel decided to shaft all the current case makers that have back plate cutouts. Still this is a very nice case. The wire management isn't as nice as I would have liked. Even with the big side bulge, when it comes in closed to the main case, it is really tight against it.

[traingp7]

The 4 way sli doesen't matter. You can do a 890fx gd70 motherboard with 4 6970's in crossfire x. If you wan't quad sli go with two 590 gtx's that are coming out. You can also do a standard classified with a sound card, 3 580 gtx's in tri sli and a single slot graphics card for dedicated physics which is the way i would go.

[thelegendbullet937]

I love that bubble in the back for the cable management! My dream :]

Plus, it has that fan for the CPU back plate, that's pretty nice.

Great review as usual ;), keep it up

[IrishCarbombs85]

Great review as always. Seems like a decent case, but still holding out for my build for a little bit. I'd love to see a how-to/review of an instalation of a liquid cooling system.

[BadApathy]

Not a bad case....just seems like the target market is teens looks wise. I really like that intake fan on the backside.

[SVTFilms]

I hate this case, it looks very ugly to me. But great review.

[BenDover137]

Are you sure its 6 120mm fans on the side? Cause i might be wrong but I read some where that its either less then 120mm or greater... Correct me if I'm wrong.